Crane



Feb. 22, 1938. E. A. oRMsBY 2,109,304

CRANE Filed June l5, 1937 Patented Feb. 22, 193s 2,109,304

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CRANE Elon A. Ormsby, Centerville, Calif.

Application June 15, 1937, Serial No. 148,392

2 Claims. (Cl. 212--65l This invention relates to portable cranes, and round plate serves as a cap or cover for the the improvements are especially directed to the ball bearing case Bil to which it is xed by suitmeans for supporting a standard and a swinging able screws, and the edge of the cap has notches or rotary mast mounted in bearings in the tubular 5I to receive a swinging latch 23 carried by a 5 standard. bracket 22 which is welded to the mast 2. The

The object of the invention is to provide imlatch may be engaged in any of the notches to proved means supporting the strains and for prevent the mast from rotating when desired. mounting the various parts on a truck or plat- The outer race of the bearing 3 is held in the form. case 4D and the inner race is mounted on the l0 The invention will be more clearly understood mast 2. 10

from the following description and the accom- The mast is therefore supported for free rotapanying drawing of one form thereof. tion by the upper ball bearing 3 and the lower In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view ball bearing 1, and is capable of being turned or of the crane. fixed in position as desired. the lower ball bearing Figure 2 is a detail in section of the standard 'I serving both as a radial and thrust bearing 15 mounted on the truck platform and the lower for the mast.

part of the mast. In the modified form shown in Figure 3, the Figure 3 is a section of a modification. socket I6 is additionally supported by being Figure l is a plan View of a latch plate at the stepped in a knee bracket IB which is bolted to top of the standard. one of the cross beams I9 supporting the plat- 2o Referring particularly to the drawing, I indiform 2U, with a top plate 2| surrounding the Cates a tubular standard and 2 indicates a tubustandard, the plates being secured by bolts 60 lar mast which is curved at the upper part and extending through the platform. strengthened by lib 2a and Wheh teleSCODeS By the means described the mast is rotatably at its lower end in the standard I. The mast mounted and may be easily swung in any desired carries a suitable cable running around a hook position, A rigid support for the mast is propulley 3|, guide pulleys 32 and 33 and a hOSiHg vided and the parts are capable of being readily geel' 34 Operated by e Crank handle 35 and Which assembled on a truck or platform. The standard may be equipped With e Suitable brake and with its braces effectively supports side or tilting .zo such other devices as are commonly found in strains and the whole provides a very convenient connection with a Cable hoist assembly for a crane of this kind. It will be noted 3 The mast may be swung in any desired dleethat the mast can be readily unshipped from the OH, and theefle the 10We1` end thereof S PTO- standard, all of the hoisting gear and cable guides vided with a pivot plug 6 Welded or otherwise being entirely mounted on the mast, 35 secured thereto which rests upon a ball bearing I Claim:

"I, the inner race oi' which is confined between 1, In a crane the Combination 0f a, platform 35 washers B and 9 and the outer race of which rests provided with a Socket, a base plate Secured upon upOll a Steel Fing l0 fitting i11 the lower end 0f the platform, a tubular standard extending the tubular standard I and resting on a bottom through the has@ wat@ and mung in the socket 40 DeCe H which has a depending Din fitting in a at its lower end, braces between the plate and 40 1101 in EL SCket having a flange bolted t0 the upper end of Standard a, yotayy mast the underside 0f the platform 2u' The Standard the lower part of which fits within the standard fits through a hole in a top plate I5 bolted to the and is provided with uppgr and lower bearings platform. This platform may be mounted on therein truck Wheels for a portable crane, or it may be a 2 A Crane comprising a platformy a bracket XBd platform dS desired connected to the underside of the platform, a

At' the top 0f the tubular Standard the mast 2 socket piece secured to the platform and stepped extends through d han bearing 3 which is held in at its lower end into the bracket, a tubular standl1 Ying Case 45 Welded t@ the Op 0f the tube ard supported at its lower end in the socket and and the tube is provided with ears III between extending upwardly through the platform, and a 50 each pair of which is bolted the upper ends 0f rotary mast telescoped in the standard and probrace rods 4, the lower ends of which are bolted vided with upper and lower bearings therein. to lugs 42 projecting from the base plate I5. A. ELON A. ORMSBY. 

